Movies like The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture. From the Kennedys to Martin Luther King. From cab drivers to Congressmen. From housewives to hostesses. He had something on 58 million people. It was all in his files. Now you can see how he used it.
Style: neo noir, political, black and white, independent film, thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, psychotronic
Plot: politics, biopic, fbi, cold war, president, intrigue, john f. kennedy, gays and lesbians, society, ambition, law enforcement, head of state, megalomaniac, government agency, social decay, dishonesty, state affairs, gangster, airplane, lawyer, murder, hijacking, white house, restaurant, suicide ...
Time: 1940s, 60s, 1930s, 1920s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place: washington d.c., usa, los angeles, california, chicago
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and political films with plots about biopic, politics, state affairs, society, president, u.s. president and ambition mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover: J. Edgar (2011), LBJ: The Early Years (1987), Truman (1995), Citizen Cohn (1992), Nixon (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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J. Edgar (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.
Style: political, factual, melancholic, compassionate, realistic ...
Plot: gay, fbi, biopic, surveillance, corruption, politics, investigation, homosexual, closeted homosexual, ambition, notoriety, american history ...
Time: 1920s, 60s, 1940s, 1930s, year 2011 ...
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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LBJ: The Early Years (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: LBJ: The Early Years was a television movie that appeared on the NBC network in February 1987, depicting the life of former President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson from 1934 until 1973. Actor Randy Quaid won a Golden Globe award for his ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot: biopic, president, john f. kennedy, politics, usa president, rise to the top, campaign, state affairs, media, head of state, ambition, political election ...
Time: 60s, 1940s, 1930s, 50s, year 1966 ...
Place: dallas texas, washington d.c., america, texas, usa
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Truman (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war ...
Style: political, historical drama, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: world war two, president, politics, world war one, usa president, politician, u.s. president, world war, north american history, world history, war, government ...
Time: 1950s, 1920s
Place: asia, usa, japan, missouri
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Citizen Cohn (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot: aids, mccarthyism, politics, hotshot lawyer, gay, law, cold war, fascism, intrigue, lgbt, hospital, homosexual history ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1950s, year 1968, year 1954 ...
Place: new york, usa
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30%
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Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A light hearted look at future Prime Minister Margaret Thatchers rise from research chemist in 1949 to becoming MP for Finchley in 1959 encompassing her early relationship and marriage to Oil Millionaire Denis Thatcher.
Style: realistic, sincere, emotional, captivating, political ...
Plot: politics, rise to the top, ambition, society, feminism, state affairs, campaign, head of state, election, biopic, british history, intrigue ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: england, europe
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Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story: They were more than Washington wives. They were part of an American dream known as Camelot. With strength and cunning they upheld their public image by concealing their private truths. Jackie, Ethel and Joan had little choice. They were Kennedy ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, political, contemplative ...
Plot: kennedy family, politics, introspection, rise to the top, ambition, state affairs, head of state, crumbling marriage, society, relationship vs career, family tradition, family life ...
Time: 80s, 60s, 70s
Place: cuba, usa, texas
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Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A look at the life and career of controversial Louisiana governor Huey Long, whose nickname was "The Kingfish."
Style: political, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot: american politics, politician, royalty, corporation, fascism, assassination, biopic, campaign, rise to the top, society, life is a bitch, media ...
Time: 1930s, 1910s, 1920s
Place: louisiana, usa
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28%
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Nixon (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story: An all-star cast powers this epic look at American President Richard M. Nixon, a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands within. Spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking ...
Style: political, factual, talky, compassionate, intense ...
Plot: politics, vietnam war, government, political corruption, biopic, campaign, election, american politics, conspiracy, manipulation, greed, historical figure ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, 1930s, 1920s ...
Place: washington d.c., chile, china, usa
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America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A look inside the life of John F. Kennedy Jr.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: john f. kennedy, usa president, politics, lifestyle, ambition, family relations, parents and children, looking for love, tragic hero, love and romance, state affairs, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
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25%
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The Butler (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Style: touching, inspirational, political, emotional, factual ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: racism, civil rights, president, u.s. president, black history, butler, african american, injustice, father son relationship, white house, biopic, civil rights movement ...
Time: 80s, year 2013, 70s, 2010s, 60s ...
Place: washington d.c., usa, tennessee, america, indiana ...
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Bobby (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Style: political, realistic, light, intense, melancholic ...
Plot: politics, hotel, corruption, president, senator, assassination, american history, relationships, brutality, racial slur, honest, redemption ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1968
Place: los angeles, california, washington d.c., usa, vietnam
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A Woman Called Golda (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 191 min.
Story: The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Style: contemplative, uplifting, captivating, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: biopic, female leader, intrigue, judaism, conflict, politics, jew persecution, historical figure, terminal illness, leadership, state affairs, rise to the top ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: palestine, israel, middle east, usa, milwaukee wisconsin ...
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24%
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Kennedy (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 282 min.
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Story: Biography of the 1961-1963 presidency of John F. Kennedy
Style: political, thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: politics, president, u.s. president, crisis, biopic, cuban missile crisis, american politics, missile, intrigue, north american history, kennedy family, assassination ...
Time: 60s
Place: washington d.c., cuba, usa, dallas texas
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The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The Day Reagan Was Shot is a 2001 film made for television directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss as Alexander Haig and Richard Crenna as Ronald Reagan.
Style: realistic, semi serious, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Plot: politics, political conspiracy, assassination, white house, campaign, political corruption, road not taken, dishonesty, head of state, historical event, u.s. president, secret agent ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: usa, poland, washington d.c.
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The Rat Pack (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: After a brief flash-forward to Frank Sinatra as an old man, saying "I miss my guys," the movie's main narrative begins during high points in the solo careers of the Rat Pack: Dean Martin has become a big success despite the breakup of ...
Style: serious, realistic, talky, sentimental, entertaining
Plot: mafia, racism, biopic, presidential candidate, nightclub, music, kennedy family, wiretap, usa president, hollywood, godfather, showbiz ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
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Warm Springs (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
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Style: uplifting, realistic, sincere, sentimental, political ...
Plot: president, politics, disability, politician, ambition, rise and fall, society, fighting the system, human spirit, rebellion, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 20th century, 1940s
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The Special Relationship (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A dramatisation that follows Tony Blair's journey from political understudy waiting in the wings of the world arena to accomplished prime minister standing confidently in the spotlight of centre stage. It is a story about relationships, between ...
Style: political, realistic, intense, tricky, sincere ...
Plot: politics, head of state, honest, relationships, greed, manipulation, biopic, friends, corruption, character study, political intrigue, president ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england, washington d.c., usa, europe, london ...
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Killing Kennedy (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Drama documentary based on Bill O'Reilly's and Martin Dugard's 2012 non-fiction book "Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot". It follows the parallel lives of John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald from the winter 1959-1960 to ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, stylized, captivating ...
Plot: kennedy assassination, head of state, assassination, politics, couple relations, state affairs, brother brother relationship, american politics, husband wife relationship, death of brother, president, john f. kennedy ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1962, year 1963
Place: usa, washington d.c., russia, texas, dallas texas
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The Deal (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It is approaching an election in the UK when the leader of the Labour party, John Smith, suffers another in a line of heart attacks and dies. With the leadership campaign about to start the clear choice appears to be Gordon Brown, a stanch Scotsman. ...
Style: political, serious, realistic, clever, talky ...
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Time: 90s, 80s, 21st century
Place: england, britain
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The Reagans (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 171 min.
Story: The miniseries featured James Brolin as Ronald Reagan and Judy Davis as Nancy Reagan, and covers the period in time from 1949 when Reagan was still in Hollywood, through his governorship of California until Reagan's last day in office as ...
Style: realistic, thought provoking, serious, sincere, controversial
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Time: 21st century
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The Last Mitterrand (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A young journalist (Lespert) helps the French President compile his memoirs.
Style: captivating, serious, talky, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: betrayal, state affairs, journalism, elderly, head of state, political intrigue, politics, aging, rise and fall, ambition, dishonesty, media ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1995
Place: paris france, france
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21%
The Vernon Johns Story (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1948, Johns served as the outspoken spiritual leader of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Incensed at the racial injustice that pervaded the South, he was determined to fight for equality for all African Americans.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot: racism, civil rights, american history, rebel, black, revolutionary, church, racial violence, hopes, rebellion, military, fighting the system ...
Time: 50s, 1950s
Place: america
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Marie (1985)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A single mother takes a job with the government where she is confronted with corruption.
Style: political, independent film, thought provoking, talky, realistic ...
Plot: political corruption, women, biopic, girl, corruption, politics, fighting the system, profanity, violent content, power relations, dishonesty, uncover truth ...
Time: year 1985, 80s, 20th century
Place: tennessee, nashville tennessee
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21%
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Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 200 min.
Story: Drama. TV Movie.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative
Plot: espionage, spy, cold war, fbi, rise and fall, undercover, secret agent, fbi agent, double agent, government agency, betrayal, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s, 80s
Place: washington d.c.
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Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Biography of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who forged a new role for herself in the years after her husband's death.
Style: realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating
Plot: grief, real life, female leader, aging, ship, couples, human spirit, couple relations, dealing with death, idealism, politics, state affairs ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: paris france, london
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Jackie (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, France, Chile, China, Germany, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Style: period piece, emotional, heartbreaking, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: president, first lady, american history, assassination, kennedy assassination, u.s. president, loss of husband, biopic, grief, widow, depression, visceral ...
Time: 60s, year 2016, 2010s, 90s, year 1963
Place: usa, washington d.c., austin texas, dallas texas, america ...
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The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, ...
Style: realistic, serious, thought provoking, rough, sincere ...
Plot: politics, biopic, environmental, union, liberation theology, international relations, president, social change, political corruption, farm, price of justice, murder ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
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21%
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of journalist, Edward R Murrow's stand against Senator McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Style: black and white, political, melancholic, factual, tense ...
Plot: media, politics, television, journalist, mccarthyism, reporter, fighting the system, cold war, journalism, communism, propaganda, politician ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s, 90s, year 2005 ...
Place: new york, california, washington d.c., usa, soviet union ...
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Born Again (1978)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Having been imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal, Charles Colson undergoes a religious conversion.
Style: independent film
Plot: christian, christianity, biopic, bare chested male, lawyer, prison, faith, prisoner, husband wife relationship, judge, politics, courtroom ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, year 1974, year 1969
Place: washington d.c.
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20%
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I Want to Live (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The movie tells the story of a woman who struggles and fights to escape the gas chamber being condemned with capital punishment because of her participation in a hold up in which a person was killed.
Style: thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot: prison, courtroom drama, death penalty, biopic, fighting the system, legal, dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, fugitives, confined, death row ...
Time: 50s, 20th century
Place: mexico
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20%
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